To start things off, the music store wasn't quite what I was hoping for. It had a rather small selection that seemed to be limited to pop and traditional music, not quite the hidden metal haven that I was hoping for. I'll probably have better luck when we're back in Athens next week. I did look up a list of record stores online and may have a few places to look into when we're back at the dear old capital...
For the most part, most of today was spent on a tour of Naxos with 2 hours in the afternoon dedicated to checking out a beach along one of the coasts. We also managed to stop by a liquor plant (with little samples), a few marble quarries, a pleasant fruit garden, and a few random stops for scene photography. All in all, sitting on the bus for most of the day was a little tiring but the tour guide was pleasant and it was good to see a good portion of the island. Kept making me flash back to the idea of living here in the distant future...
Since then, I've spent my time hanging around the hotel and going down to the port to attend some errands that I had been putting off. I managed to get a few postcards sent (Hopefully, they'll be in their respective states within a week or so), withdrew some money from the ATM (I forgot to mention in earlier posts that there is apparently no transaction fee or sales tax here in Greece. Definitely makes things less of a pain, especially since no one in Greece seems to use credit cards here...), scoured the music shop, and grabbed food for dinner at one of the local supermarkets. Seeing as how I'm getting senselessly paranoid about my spending rates, I'll probably be doing that a few more times while I'm here...
From what I've gathered, tomorrow's plan revolve around a good portion of us students traveling to the island of Santorini as a spring break of sorts. While some people will be there until the 5th, a few students and I have arranged to only stay one night there. I suppose we'll see how this goes...
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